New Heroes
(multiplayer, constructed, only Shadowfist Games cards allowed)

canceled

Ritual of
the Unnameable (multiplayer, constructed, variant)

canceled

One report
from Daniel Griego and some photos
from Erik Bjarnar. Thanks!

Originally
posted to the Shadowfist Forum on Yahoogroups on 3 Jul 2009 by Daniel Griego.
Republished with permission. If you're a member, read the original
in the archives.

Origins 2009 Report
by Daniel Griego

The weekend started
off with the obligatory demo event on Thursday morning. I prefer to start my
conventions with the demo so that any participants have the option to compete
in any of the later tournaments. More time to play, practice and decide that
the game is right for them!

For Origins 2009,
we started up three new players from Beverly Hills, Florida, two brothers and
their friend. Our fledgling secret warriors are Jesse Joseph Lambert, Devan
Landry and Matt Cruickshank.

Anyone in the
Beverly Hill, FL area who would like a few new players should contact me so
I can give you their e-mail addresses for contact.

Following the
demo event, Inner Kingdom Games hosted its very first convention tournament
with the Comrades in Arms Event! John Merrill dominated this one to a first
place win thanks to his formidable Darkness deck [decklist].
Braz took second and Eric McKie won third place.

Friday morning
kicked off with the National Dueling Championship. After eight preliminary rounds
and best of three finals, I won the tournament with my power-ramped, coin-operated
Jammer deck [decklist].
Braz took second place with his hitter-filled, final brawl-laden Dragon deck.
Tim Linden bested John Merrill for third place, with his haunting wailing apparitions/arctic
fortress madness taking down John's sword-wielding ice commandos.

The Whirlpool
of Blood Tournament had a tragic five player turn-out. Not wanting the tournament
to be limited to a single, never-ending five-player game, Braz graciously bowed
out and allowed the tournament to proceed as several four-player games. Tim
Linden trounced the competition with a draft deck that inexplicably pulled Homo
Omega, Assault Drone and Destroyer Drone. New to the tournament circuit, Erik
Bjarnar won second place with a strong win in the fourth round. Jason Blackthorn
took third place, beating me out in Game Points.

The Multi-Player
Nationals was a triumphant series of hard-fought battles culminating in an epic
finals round between Tim Linden, Braz King, Erik Bjarnar and John Merrill. Tim
Linden [decklist]
won his second title of the weekend with a victory after four and a half hours
of battling his three finals opponents. Braz won second place and Erik and John
tied for third. Only the most formidable of secret warriors could have endured
such a lengthly battle, and these players did not disappoint.

After the Final
Brawl finals went on ridiculously late, we had no choice but to cancel the New
Heroes Tournament.

Sunday morning
presented another difficulty, as we had five players for the Ritual of the Unnameable
Tournament, with less than half of them actually having a Ritual of the Unnameable
deck. In the face of this road-block, we all decided to play a friendly game
and make use of Cavebear's perfect execution of an otherwise impossible five-player
game.

With four full
tournaments and three new players, Origins was a modest success with some great
potential for future growth. Inner Kingdom Games made a few sales of the new
merchandise and got some great feedback on the new Tournament Rules and the
new Rulebook.

We're looking
forward to seeing an even bigger crowd at GenCon next month. Many thanks to
all Origins attendees for a great weekend!